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21st February 2005
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Pulau Hantu 190205
wah.. after seeing all the rest.. i really thinking shld i post my here anot wor..
think i still got lotsa to learn man... hmm liked the DOF composition by whyzz.. really nice.. heres all the pics... my best effort.. among the CMI ones.. http://public.fotki.com/beivied/hp/y.../hantu_190205/ please giv me comments.. need u ppl help to improve... |
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21st February 2005
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Hantu Wide Angle
 -- Did this at the jetty.. on one of the pillars.. is it too dark? or u ppl prefer to see more details? actually moved away my strobe for this.. did try another one previously with the plants properly lit up.. but think doesnt hav a strong mood effect leh.. Sea Grape?  -- Did a close up on the seaweed.. for a change.. ok anot ar? Seahorse  -- YEAH!! finally saw a seahorse in hantu!! was so excited when someone(paiseh.. too excited till forgot who liao..) pointed that baby to me.. But very disappointed as i couldnt take a decent photo of it.. practically fried this poor seahorse... keep trying and trying... and only got this shot ok.. hmm seem like my camera got a BIG BIG prob to focus at low light condition.. cant focus at all. :< (*will do a simple test on 5060.. regarding this prob in few days time... ) Last edited by siaoon; 21st February 2005 at 03:24 PM. |
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21st February 2005
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you have the benefit of a TTL system which saves you a lot of time , leaving u with more time to think of how to compose the shot or placement of strobe. |
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21st February 2005
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i know the perfect solution for low light photography... 1 x DSLR 2 x DS125 Caution: All to be bought before meals, as it may cause nausea. May/will cause drowsiness too. |
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21st February 2005
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hmm.. perhaps if u or anyone here got time.. can point out which photos i need to pay more attention to composition, strobe placement, etc... kum sia kum sia. |
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21st February 2005
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 thats a true solution.... but hard to get solution for me.. :|  guess.. maybe i shld skip shooting in nite dive for time being.. and spend time improving on other photos... hehe..  |
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21st February 2005
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Allied Cowie (did i get the name correct?)
 -- really small stuff.. dun think i can take that with juz a 330.. luckily.. borrowed lanxx 165 that day.. heee.. this one is taken with a 165+330. sorry abt the backscatter.. hmm.. white subject really hard to take.. easy to get OE man... Gorgonian Shrimp w Allied Cowie  -- my fav pic of the trip.. any improvement for this pic? hmm.. next time.. if going again.. i going to hunt down the red colour Gorgonian Shrimp and the whip goby!! hehe.. |
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21st February 2005
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 Lovell, is this shrimp diff from what we saw? siaoon's look more transparent and the allied cowry was not there. Does this mean there are 3 type of gorgonian shrimps? |
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21st February 2005
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep Deep in the sea
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different! he's is sharper
 hahahahahai think got quite a few in that area lor. i can't find the cowie on ours if not i sure shoot one |
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21st February 2005
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Location: S'pore
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Pretty good,..... keep it up and make good use of my "Ex". It has seen some good stuffs before so you need to keep feeding her with quality shots to satisfy her
 Strobe placement, be more daring to position the strobe as close to the subject as possible. Some shots look a bit dark may be due to strobe placed too far from the subject. |
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22nd February 2005
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Strobe placement - was using 6"+8" arm initially.. but seems a bit long leh got difficulty to place the strobe properly.. so in the end changed to juz 6" only. Placed slight juz above the lens most of the time.. sometime shifted slightly to the sides... hmm.. wont the subject be too burnt out if i place the strobe too close to it? or u saying close to it.. but not aiming the strobe directly on it? still using edge lighting? hmm actually, some of my shots here.. i delibrately adjusted the brightness and contrast to make them a bit underexposed.. thinking they may have better effect... guess its doesnt really works huh?? |
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22nd February 2005
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Wah Siaoon, you've done really well. I especially like the Gorgonian Shrimp & your Hantu Wide Angle (for the mood).
Practice makes perfect and you're definitely coming along very nicely. Paul is right....try to spend more time composing and thinking about your image before frying the poor creatures! Keep it up! |
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22nd February 2005
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hee thanks thanks. still got a long way to go.. must keep on learning from u ppl.... did try to compose my shots most of the time.. but the subjects always moving.. so keep getting OOF and had to recompose again.. guess i'm still not seasoned enuff to get into the correct focusing position quickly.. and maybe need to try diff way of compostion..
realise most of my nudi shots were quite "standard" composition.. doesnt seem appealing enuff to get a WOW feeling..as for the seahorse... really.. juz wack and wack.. w/o thinking.. coz the camera cant focus at all.. cant really see the subject with the silts and current.. was so worried i missed the seahorse... think i hang myself for that man... beivied said i was like in a trance like dat.. so unlike me... hoho.. poor seahorse.. kena tortured by me till so cham.. HEE... lessons learnt.. must take things easy.. can always come back for another try... if i stress the seahorse too much and got hurt in any way.. i 'll be living in guilt man... |
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22nd February 2005
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24th February 2005
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the sea grape lighting is good, but perpective is a bit off, none the less good shots |
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24th February 2005
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thats how its differ a newbie and an expert... how u able to see i did use sharpening tool?? hoho...
with my naked eyes.. i cant tell the difference wor? dun tell me u save the pics and blow them up? hoho.. hmm.. ya.. think i use USM too much.. hoho.. hmm.. ya.. still cant get the result i want from the sea grape shot.. which means... got to try harder... when we going to HANTU again?!! hehehe..  |
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24th February 2005
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4. Infinite Compactflash cards 5. flat ports and dome ports for the housing 6. Nikon Micro lenses + Fisheye 7. a fat bank account that needs to go thru slimming... Excessive unrestrained desire may cause narc... |
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